gazelles

\ɡa.zɛl\

/\ɡa.zɛl\/ noun

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The verdict

“gazelles” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,831. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,831
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de gazelle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gazelles · gazelles · French

gazelles · rank #37,831 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,831
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gendron

Nearest frequency peer: Gendron (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « gazelles »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « gazelles » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

gazelles vs gazeuses
75% similar
gazelles vs Galles
63% similar
gazelles vs Gaëlle
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gazelles
PropertyValue
Headwordgazelles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡa.zɛl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#37,831
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gazelles »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).gazellesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Gendron » (#37,832), « gasoil » (#37,829), « genevoise » (#37,833). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gazelles » est au #37,831. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around gazelles (IPA \ɡa.zɛl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,831 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de gazelle.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for gazelles, with forms such as "agzelles", "gaezlles", and "gazelels". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "gazeuses", "Galles", "Gaëlle", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is gazelles, spelled G-A-Z-E-L-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de gazelle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how gazelles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Elle dérobait du kohl à sa mère pour s’en noircir les cils et donner à ses yeux agrandis la langueur du regard des gazelles.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agzelles
  • gaezlles
  • gazelels
  • gazeles
  • gazelless
  • gazellse
  • gazleles
  • gazzelles
  • ggazelles
  • gzaelles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gazelles - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

agzelles2gaezlles2gazelels2gazeles1gazelless1gazellse2gazleles2gazzelles1
Edit distance from "gazelles"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gazelles"?
"gazelles" is spelled G-A-Z-E-L-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡa.zɛl\.
What does "gazelles" mean?
As a noun, "gazelles" means: Pluriel de gazelle.
What words are commonly confused with "gazelles"?
"gazelles" is commonly confused with "gazeuses", "Galles", "Gaëlle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gazelles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gazelles" is \ɡa.zɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gazelles" come from?
"gazelles" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gazelles", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hashtags#37,853hautbois#37,854excédant#37,804immaculé#37,864

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

galante10 variantsfeindre10 variantsfautifs10 variantsinfimes10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list